Synedrella

Synedrella
Synedrella nodiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Synedrella
Gaertn.
Binomial name
Synedrella nodiflora
(L.) Gaertn.
Synonyms[1]
  • Ucacou Adans.
  • Verbesina nodiflora L.
  • Eclipta latifolia L.f.
  • Blainvillea latifolia (L.f.) DC.
  • Ecliptica latifolia (L.f.) Kuntze
  • Wedelia cryptocephala Peter
  • Ucacou nodiflorum (L.) Hitchc.

Synedrella is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2][3][4]

It contains only one known species, Synedrella nodiflora, native to South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, and Florida. It is naturalized in much of Asia, northern Australia, some Pacific Islands, and a few locations in Africa.[1][5][6][7][8][9]

formerly included[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2(3): 456-457 in Latin
  3. Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 2(3): plate CLXXI line drawing
  4. Tropicos, Synedrella Gaertn.
  5. Flora of North America Vol. 21 Page 127 Synedrella Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456, plate 171, fig. 7. 1791.
  6. Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 868 金腰箭属 jin yao jian shu Synedrella Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456. 1791.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  8. Davidse, G., M. Sousa-Peña, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2015. Asteraceae. 5(2): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
  9. Pruski, J.F. 1997. Asteraceae. 3: 177–393. In J. A. Steyermark, P. E. Berry & B. K. Holst (eds.) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis